Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness
The Southwest Center for Public Health Preparedness (SWCPHP) is working in collaboration with the public health workforce including city, county, and state health departments in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Native American populations in the southwest. The SWCPHP achieves the CDC’s Public Health Preparedness directive by assessing, identifying, and addressing deficiencies in bioterrorism preparedness. Deficiencies are addressed by developing and delivering competency-specific training programs in bioterrorism, emerging infectious diseases, and other public health threats and emergencies. Short course, seminars and associated training materials are presented by various methods including live audience, synchronous web-based and streaming media.
http://www.swcphp.ouhsc.edu/
Center for Biosecurity Research
The Center for Biosecurity Research (CBR) is dedicated to conducting interdisciplinary, cross-cutting research focused on key questions in biodefense and emerging infectious diseases to enhance U.S. military force protection and homeland security. CBR scientists have broad expertise in microbiology, aerosol science, modeling and simulation, decision analysis, emergency medicine, and behavioral sciences. CBR capabilities encompass the full spectrum of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosives threats. The Center is funded by a variety of Federal agencies including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Research projects concentrate on cytotoxicity mechanisms and immunological consequences, bioaerosol dispersion and deposition, physiological and psychological responses to exposures, and behavioral dynamics of terrorism. Faculty members from the College of Public Health and the College of Medicine on the Health Sciences Center campus in Oklahoma City and the OU-Tulsa College of Medicine participate in CBR activities.
http://www.cbr.ouhsc.edu
OU Prevention Research Center
The University of Oklahoma Prevention Research Center (OUPRC) is one of 33 prevention research centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The principal focus of the OUPRC is the obesity epidemic and obesity prevention through physical activity and good nutrition. Our research involves school based interventions for both students and employees. Our partner community is the Anadarko Public School System in Anadarko, OK.
http://www.ouhsc.edu/ouprc/
Center for American Indian Health Research
CAIHR is a multidisciplinary research organization and conducts health-related studies with American Indian groups. The focus of the research at CAIHR is to improve the health status of the American Indian population. CAIHR conducts epidemiological and clinical studies of health problems among these populations, with emphasis on diabetes and its many complications including heart disease, retinopathy, renal disease, leg vessel disease, and cerebral vascular disease. CAIHR also conducts studies focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. CAIHR has developed a productive relationship with American Indian tribes in Oklahoma including the Apache, Caddo, Comanche, Delaware, Fort Sill Apache, Kiowa, and the Wichita and Affiliated tribes located in southwestern Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation in northeastern Oklahoma, and other tribes across the nation.
http://caihr.ouhsc.edu
Center for Health Policy Research and Development
The Center for Health Policy Research and Development was established as a function of the OU College of Public Health’s Department of Health Administration and Policy in 1994. It was expanded in 2003 by the inclusion of the Center for Health Policy Research formerly sponsored by Oklahoma State University from 1993-2003; and sponsored prior to that by the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation from 1987 -1993. Our digital library houses over 100 health policy studies and analyses conducted since 1988.
http://www.coph.ouhsc.edu/coph/HealthPolicyCenter/Web/index.html
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